Angioplasty

Assessment of muscle tone and strength. Mr. X a 52year old person with complaints of joints pains and joints instability, he has a history of frequent falls and injuries, and he has been advised for a strength training programme. Enumerate the various assessment methods used to measure the muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X Topic: assessment of muscle tone and muscle strength of Mr X. The important component of fitness is muscle tone and muscle strength. It is the ability of an…

neurosurgery” (Emory Healthcare, 2015). Emory is also world famous for the cancer treatment. It is the only first cancer treatment center in the world which can treat the tumors of pin size. Emory is the only hospital in DeKalb who can perform angioplasty, procedure used to open blocked or narrowed coronary (heart) arteries. Emory has the only islet cell transplant program in the Georgia and also one of five in the entire United States. Emory University Hospital is the member of the Emory…

Background Statement: The board of trustees of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital has proposed to add open-hearth surgery to their cardiac services. They would have to consider getting a certificate of need, costs of renovation and staffing. The latter may include the hiring of Dr. R.S. Christy who has been part of the hospital staff for some time and was popular among the staff and patients. He is about to complete his fellowship and will have to make a career choice before soon. The board would like…

What? When we started our clinical day on October 21st, the client I was assigned to care for had just left for an angioplasty procedure that would last through most of the morning. While the client was gone, I offered to help the nurses with anything that was within my scope of practice. Once the client returned to the ward, however, I had to catch up with my assessments while taking vital signs and doing vascular checks every 30 minutes for 2 hours, which kept me busy. I tried to complete my…

Up to the elementary school, my cumulative treasure of science was pertaining mostly theories but hands-on practical started during my Honor Biology labs. The smell of formaldehyde didn't hold me back, to dissect a preserved frog to learn about frog's internal organs. As the human and frog have similarity in their organs' layout. I nailed arms and legs wide open and my scalpel made an incision along the midline of a frog's body from pectoral gland to the pelvis. The entire cavity, filled with…

Though heart failure can occur suddenly, weakening of the heart is more likely to slowly develop over a period of time, often over many years as the heart becomes weaker and is unable to work as efficiently, which is why is it more prominent in the elderly population. Typically conditions and diseases that damage or overwork the heart lead to congestive heart failure. The major conditions and factors that cause congestive heart failure include: • Coronary artery disease • Heart valve disease •…

Patient comes into the Emergency Room with a chief complaint of swelling and extreme pain in the left leg. After awaiting triage, the patient is finally seen by the physician. Temperature 96.8˚F, Heart Rate 129 beats per minute, Blood Pressure 102/60, Respiratory Rate 23, SPO2 100% on room air. Upon examination of his left leg, it is undeniably blue in color with significant swelling as compared to the right. Superficial veins are noticeably distended and the leg is cool to the touch. A Duplex…

The obesity rates have risen dramatically in the past 30 years resulting in nearly one-third of the world population classified as obese (Murray & Ng, 2016). Some of the more common health risks associated with obesity include cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. These conditions could, in fact, most likely be prevented through healthy diet and exercise. In 2007, Doctor Guy Berkenboom, professor of cardiology at the Erasme Hospital, Brussel, stated in an article in the Journal of…

unique story and history and I often find myself researching the various conditions each possess. I exhibited this same curiosity during my shadowing experiences as well. I have observed multiple orthopedic surgeries, a day full of cardioversions, angioplasties, and simple office check ups,…

FM 4 Familial Hypercholesterolemia also known as FM, is a disease of extremely high cholesterol levels beginning early in gestation. It is passed along from family member to family member through a genetic mutation. Most commonly on chromosome 19. Many other chromosomes have now been identified as causing familial hypercholesterolemia…